Sport in Albania revolves mostly around team sports, such as football, basketball, volleyball and handball. Other sports includes boxing, weightlifting, tennis, swimming, judo, karate, athletics, table tennis, rugby, cricket, and chess. Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Albania national football team making its debut at the 1964 UEFA European Football Championship. The national football team also qualified for the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship. Many Albanian athletes have also achieved significant success and have won European and Mediterranean titles in numerous sports during the years, such as wrestling, football, athletics and weightlifting. Albanian athletes have won a total 49 medals for Albania in 8 different Mediterranean sports. Albania has had some success in others sport such as volleyball and basketball as well.
SportinAlbania revolves mostly around team sports, such as football, basketball, volleyball and handball. Other sports includes boxing, weightlifting...
popular sportinAlbania, both at a participatory and spectator level. The sport is governed by the Football Association of Albania (FSHF) (Albanian: Federata...
The Albania national football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albaniain men's international football, and is governed...
Albania (/ælˈbeɪniə, ɔːl-/ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is...
(/tɪˈrɑːnə/ tih-RAH-nə, Albanian pronunciation: [tiˈɾana]; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the...
Albania first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1972. They missed the next four games, three of them for political reasons due to the 1980 Summer...
Shijak is an Albanian football club based in Shijak. They currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore, which is the first tier of Albanian football, and...
Master of Sport (Albanian: Mjeshtër i sportit), equates to athletes that have distinguished themselves in high results. National Champion (Albanian: Kampion...
The Albanian Football Federation (Albanian: Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) is the governing body of football inAlbania. The federation is based...
Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is...
The Albania national football team has represented Albaniain international association football since 1946. The Albanian Football Association (Federata...
Albanian Cycling Federation (FSHÇ) is the main national governing body for cycle sportinAlbania. FSHÇ is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale...
on loan from Chelsea. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team. Broja was born in Slough, England to Albanian parents from Koplik, Malësi...
common religion inAlbania is Islam, with the second-most-common religion being Christianity. There are also a number of irreligious Albanians. There are no...
ambassador for children's football inAlbania, named by the Albanian Football Association on 26 October 2017. Cana played in the top divisions of France, England...
SportinAlbania and Rome. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801407184. Kennell, Nigel M. (1995). The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient...
for Serie A club Lazio and captains the Albania national team. Hysaj was born in Reç, Malësi e Madhe, Albania. Two months after Elseid's birth, his father...
The Greeks inAlbania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania. After ethnic Albanians, they form the second largest...
Education inAlbania for primary, secondary, and tertiary levels are mostly supported by the state. The academic year is much similar to that as in the United...
Mass media inAlbania refers to mass media outlets based inAlbania. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit...
that are representative of ethnic Albanians, which implies not just Albanians of the country of Albania but also Albanians of Kosovo, North Macedonia and...
by Albanians athletes who did not compete for Albania at those competition's. Albania at the Olympics Albania at the Paralympics SportinAlbania "Mediterranean...
Djimsiti (Albanian: Gjimshiti; born 19 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Switzerland...
new and unknown sportinAlbania, with the first match in the country being played in 2015. There are no official cricket clubs inAlbania, and expats occasionally...